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• Firefighters in France are currently battling a massive wildfire that has grown to four times the size of Paris. • Spain is facing several out-of-control blazes as the country prepares for its fourth heat wave of the summer. • Belgium has deployed backup resources to assist the neighboring countries in containing the spreading flames.

Whether in favor of or against the US-Israel war on Iran, people across the country are left holding the bill and wondering on its purposeFive months after the United States and Israel started a historically unpopular war against Iran that was going to supposedly last weeks, the fighting has refused to resolve in victory, defeat or peace. Iran’s Supreme Leader had been killed in the opening strikes, ceasefires broke down, and the strait of Hormuz has been closed and re-opened.For voters interviewed across the country, while the damage may be distant, the residual effects have shown up at the pump, on the grocery bill and in a phone call telling a spouse they have a day to report for deployment. And for a country still absorbing the aftermath of Israel’s war on Gaza – funded to the tune of billions of dollars by the United States – the war in Iran lands on top of an already raw argument about what American power is for. Continue reading...

• NASA astronaut Chris Williams and his crewmates returned to Earth on Sunday after completing an eight-month science mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). • The crew participated in a long-duration expedition focused on conducting research and scientific breakthroughs that are impossible to achieve in Earth's gravity. • This mission contributes to over 25 years of continuous human habitation on the ISS, maintaining a permanent presence in low-Earth orbit.

• A joint US-Russian space crew successfully landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan on Sunday. • The crew returned to Earth following an eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). • The landing marks the conclusion of a long-term orbital stint, highlighting continued operational cooperation in space despite terrestrial tensions.

• NASA is conducting crew swap activities aboard the International Space Station (ISS), welcoming three new crew members while a trio from Expedition 74 prepares for their return to Earth. • The incoming crew is currently undergoing orientation to adapt to living and working in a microgravity environment. • Scientific operations have resumed in full swing, with researchers focusing on studies regarding how weightlessness impacts the human body.

Vice-president tells Joe Rogan administration botched handling and should have released all documents from startJD Vance, the US vice-president, agreed with criticism that the Trump administration botched the handling of the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, telling podcast host Joe Rogan that “we absolutely screwed up the comms”.The Department of Justice’s repeated moves to delay the release of documents related to the convicted sex offender drew bipartisan disapproval last year. The files have been one of the most significant political liabilities to Donald Trump since his second term began. Continue reading...

Scientists worry that current eradication efforts won’t be able to contain parasitic infestation pushing into USWhen conservationists set up cameras in remote regions of Central American forests, they wanted to monitor illegal cattle movement, which can lead to deforestation. But in recent months, they discovered another alarming development: wildlife rapidly infected with the new world screwworm.It’s a warning sign of how the fly could spread in the US – and it signals new difficulties in pushing it back south, a process that will probably take years, experts say. Continue reading...